"WITHOUT ENCUMBRANCE."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 358, 8 April 1910, Page 5

"WITHOUT ENCUMBRANCE."

THE TIMES IX REPLY,

By Cab'e.—Press Association.—Copyright London, April 6. The Times, in a leader, cordially sympathises with the (rist of Sir'u.'H. Reid's statement, but declares that spokesmen of Australian opinion, official and unofficial, are sometimes over-hasty |in resenting criticism. The original article, the paper says, did not complain of the Australian Governments, but appealed to owners of farms, particularly absentee landlords, and it is surprising that such an appeal was not vigorously supported by the representatives of Australian interests in England, particularly by the High Commissioner. The Times quotes one of Mr. Deakin's speeches in proof of its correspondent's facts, and adds that it is unnecessary to inveigh against the actions of the Australian farmer or farm manager, but their actions seriously menace Australia's most vital interests. A large number of Australians fail to grasp some of the elementry features of the immigration problem. The most elementary feature is that the supply of sound white immigrants is likely in the comine years to fall considerably below the demand. Australia must showgreater inducements than rival countries, who are equally anxious for the best kind of immigrants, and must not take them as a thankless gift. Australia will also have to import its immigrants young and rear them in its own atmosphere for its own ends.

ROOSEVELT'S WARNING,

AUSTRALIA'S NEEDS.

Received April 9, 12.15 a.m. London, April 7. The Daily Graphic applauds Sir G. Reid's timely statement, and says it is satisfactory to know that assisted passages are given to families of men who immigrated in advance and established their foothold.

The Daily News declared that something more is needed than replenishment of population from without. The best thing for Australia, to be personal, was the proclamation of Roosevelt's race suicide warnings. The paper refers to Kip-lings ill-informed allusion to the "Australian mother, with children nine and ten."